Yūnosuke Itō Movies

Toramatsu is a very enthusiastic policeman. Believing that the police should help others he is dismissed the force when his pistol is stolen while...

As Japan’s Tokugawa shogunate nears the end of its rule, Edo North Magistrate Toyama no Kinsan is called upon to judge the most difficult case...

A romantic melodrama about the shifting relationship between Ryosuke and Miki as their precarious employment and social circumstances shift around...

Yuki cares for a sick old man Katakura who kept her mother as his mistress. Now she is the object of his ugly desires. When she falls in love with a...

Jidai-geki by Ryo Hagiwara

A boy, who is separated from his mother in an air raid, endures suffering and grief alongside his kind uncle.

Japanese "kayo" film based on the song "Ieraishan" by Yoshiko Yamaguchi.

A drama film based on Ken Domon's photography of the children around the Chikuho coal mines

The common-law wife and daughter of a wealthy old man plot to murder him and steal his fortune, with the help of their male acquaintances.

In a mountain village, Heita, a translator's son, is a gifted boy but is shunned by the villagers. He can imitate birds' cry and befriends another...

An early film by Kon Ichikawa

A love triangle among a girl, her poor boyfriend, and a rich company president.

Bittersweet shomin-geki drama by Keigo Kimura

A young woman begins murdering all those responsible for her ailing father's condition. Because the girl is so outwardly sweet and innocent, the...

This little seen early work by Ichikawa was produced during the director's Shintoho period (1947-51). Written by Kaneto Shindô and featuring...